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The Best Things That Happened to You
This year has been hard for pretty much everyone, but that still hasn't stopped people from getting married, having babies, starting new jobs, and te…
5 years, 9 months ago
The Year in Celebrity Culture with 'Who? Weekly'
Without movies or TV shows to shoot or music to record, celebrities were restless in 2020 and eager to connect with a public that, at least for a whi…
5 years, 9 months ago
'I Can't Wait To Hate Tour Again': Phoebe Bridgers On Her Breakout Year
Songwriter Phoebe Bridgers has had a big year, but it's also been bittersweet. With four Grammy nominations for work on her acclaimed 2020 album Puni…
5 years, 9 months ago
The Internet Culture Of Quarantine, Plus Selena's Legacy
Coronavirus has transformed pop culture and placed its creation in the hands of anyone who has social media. Sam chats with E. Alex Jung, a writer at…
5 years, 9 months ago
Pod Fatigue: How Coronavirus Lockdown Has Tested Friendships
Are you sick of the friends and family you've been stuck with? Sam teams up with Anna Sale, host of the WNYC podcast Death, Sex & Money, to explore h…
5 years, 9 months ago
Life in the Time of Coronavirus
"What has this pandemic been like for you?"
When we put that question to people, the answers we got depended a lot on where they were in life — if the…
5 years, 10 months ago
Cathy Park Hong's Asian American Reckoning
Cathy Park Hong talks with Sam about her book Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning. She discusses how watching comedian Richard Pryor influenc…
5 years, 10 months ago
James McBride On Hope, Community And 'A Place Of Miracles'
For the holiday, Sam revisits his conversation with award-winning author James McBride. McBride's latest book Deacon King Kong tells the story of how…
5 years, 10 months ago
Presenting Life Kit: How To Have Better Conversations
With the holidays coming, we're all trying to figure out how to celebrate with loved ones from a distance. When all we have to connect this year are …
5 years, 10 months ago
Georgia's Senate Runoffs, Plus W. Kamau Bell and Hari Kondabolu Talk Politics
Georgia's Senate runoffs have become national races as control of the Senate depends on who wins. Sam asks Tia Mitchell, Washington correspondent for…
5 years, 10 months ago